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...preventable. A fascinating though preliminary study suggests that women who use tampons or who have sex when they are menstruating significantly reduce their risk of getting the disease. How? The latest thinking is that endometriosis develops because menstrual fluid backs up and travels to the ovaries, Fallopian tubes and outer surface of the womb, where it takes root. Having sex--more specifically, having an orgasm--causes the uterus to contract, pushing out the fluid. And tampons? They seem to act like a wick, drawing fluid out. The findings may not be definitive enough to change your personal habits, but they...
Often the best way to prevent cancer is also the most wrenching. Researchers report that women with the so-called breast-cancer gene can cut their risk of breast and ovarian cancers 75% if they have their ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed. Harsh medicine indeed, but women with the genetic mutation face a 50% to 85% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and a 15% to 40% risk of ovarian cancer. Removing the ovaries helps prevent breast cancer by stemming the flow of estrogen, which spurs tumor growth; the procedure helps prevent ovarian cancer by eliminating the organs, though tumor...
Susan Harlow, 45, who has a 25-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, tried to conceive a second child through fertility drugs and inseminations for the first eight years of her 13-year marriage to Jim. A diagnosis was made of pelvic adhesions and blocked Fallopian tubes. The high cost and low predicted-success rate dissuaded the Harlows from trying ivf. Although this was a struggle for both, it was a lot harder for Jim. "My wife always had her daughter Melissa to fall back on, and I just felt like I had to go at this alone," says...
SAFE IUD? A study suggests that intrauterine devices (better known as IUDs) may be as safe as other forms of birth control after all. Women who participated in the study showed no risk of becoming infertile as a result of blocked fallopian tubes--the fear that caused IUDs to fall out of favor...
...Shenzhen branch of the Southeast Asia Certificate Co., Liu Xingyun offers a panoply of marriage certificates, drivers' licenses and even a document certifying that the bearer has had her fallopian tubes snipped. The most popular pieces of paper are college diplomas. Last year, census-takers found 600,000 people nationwide who said they had used spurious university degrees. "No one has time to go to school anymore," says a 21-year-old impatiently waiting for a steel engraving machine to roll out an accounting degree from Peking University. "I know I'm good at math, so I might as well...